Jennifer from Wengerberg is the heroine of the saga of the Witcher. Character history, interesting facts. Grazyna Wolszczak is an actress who played Jennifer

At the beginning of two thousandths on the television screen came the Polish series "The Witcher" with Michal Zhebrovski in the title role. The plot was based on the first two books of Andrzej Sapkowski ("The Last Wish" and "Sword of Destiny") from the saga of the adventures of the witch-witch Geralt. In both books and the series, the main woman in the witch's fate was a sorceress named Jennifer from Wengerberg.

The Andean Sapkowski Universe

In his saga, the author created a world very reminiscent of the Middle Ages. There are wizards, elves, dragons, werewolves and other fabulous creatures. However, the morals in the Sapkowski universe do not differ from modern ones. Despite the surrounding fairy-tale character, the characters are subject to ordinary human shortcomings.

The protagonist of the saga is the witcher Geralt of Rivia. He was specially raised to hunt monsters. This character has written his own code, which he is guided in life. For example, Geralt does not kill magic creatures who live peacefully and do not attack people. In addition, he tries not to interfere in politics and inter-human disassembly. However, by the will of fate, the hero is dragged into the war of the kingdoms of the North with a powerful empire called Nilfgaard.

Being a rather charming man, Geralt enjoys success with women. Despite numerous novels, the main love of his life is the witch of Jennifer from Wengerberg. Throughout the entire saga, they meet or diverge, but even after many years the sorceress and witcher's feelings do not die out.

Enchantress Jennifer from Wengerberg

This heroine first appears in the first book of the saga - "The Last Desire" - and in the future takes an active part in all important events of the series. In appearance, the sorceress is just over twenty years old, although in reality it is much older than Jennifer from Wengerberg. The age of this sorceress is about 94 years.

At the enchantress wavy hair of a resin color below the shoulder blades, purple eyes and a chiseled figure. She is not tall, and in all her movements something catnip is slipping. Dress sorceress prefers in black and purple tones. But whatever dress she chooses, this woman always wears on her neck a star from obsidian, which serves her not only as an ornament, but also as a talisman.

Despite the pleasant appearance, Ian (as she often calls Geralt) has a rather nasty character that does not prevent her from liking men. Also the heroine is pretty wise, prudent and vindictive. She shows her best side rarely and only the closest.

The main dream of Jennifer is motherhood. However, like most sorcerers, it is barren. Throughout the entire saga, the enchantress tries to conceive in various ways, but she does not go out. Ultimately, her maternal instinct finds expression in the care of Princess Cyri from Tsintra. Interestingly, at first Ian treated the little girl as a rival, but later began to perceive her as a daughter.

Biography of the heroine in the books Sapkowski

Ian was born a hunchback. With such ugliness, she had no chance to get married, so her parents sent her to study at the charmer in Arethusa. The girl was taken under her wing by the sorceress Tissay de Vries. She not only taught Jennifer to the magic, but also turned an ugly hunchback into a stunning beauty.

With Geralt, the sorceress met in Rinda, when he accidentally released the ancient genie. Yennifair pretended that she wanted to help the witcher, but in fact used it for her own purposes. Despite this meanness, Geralt saved her from death, asking the genie to tie their fates. After a short novel they broke up.

The next meeting of lovers occurred during the hunt for the dragon and his treasures. Ian wanted to use a dragon to make a medicine that could give her the opportunity to become pregnant. The wizard could not achieve her, but they reconciled with the witcher.

But it was not possible to be together for a long time. Soon Geralt found out that his beloved had another man - also a magician. Not finding the strength to choose between them, Yennifar disappeared from both. The Witcher reconciled himself to the choice of the witch and did not seek it.

Later, Jennifer was involved in a battle on Sodden Hill. The woman managed to survive, however, she lost sight for a long time.

Starting with the book "The Blood of the Elves," the sorceress teaches Ciri witchcraft.

In subsequent books, led by the desire to save Tsiri, Ian constantly gets into all sorts of trouble. So, she escapes from the meeting of the Lodge of Sorceresses, having learned that the sorcerer Wilgeforz is hunting for her ward. Trying to catch him, the enchantress herself is in his hands, and the scoundrel is tortured by Ian. Later, Geralt and Tsiri save her.

After defeating Wilhelgeforz, Cyrie's father (who turned out to be the ruler of Nilfgaard-Emgyr var Emreis) ordered to kill the sorceress and the witcher who were on his way. But lovers manage to escape.

A little later, during the pogrom of the houses of the Reds in Rivia, Geralt was seriously wounded, and to save him, Ian used all her vitality. The enchantress and the witcher must have died, but Tsiri sends the dying to another dimension with the help of a magical unicorn, where they remain alive.

The fate of the sorceress according to the version of the games about the witcher

After the release of Sapkowski's last book, many fans of this story dreamed to find out what would happen next with lovers. For such was released a computer game "The Witcher".

According to her, Jennifer of Wengerberg was kidnapped by Heridon - the King of the Wild Hunt - right at the time of the wedding with Geralt. This was done to lure Tsiri and seize her powers.

The princess arrives in time and manages to teleport the witcher to a safe place, but Ian remains in the hands of Héridin, who erases her memory. Later, the sorceress manages to escape, but she falls into the hands of her father Tsiri - Emgyr.

In the second game of the series the character of the enchantress from Wengerberg is not involved. The next "encounter" with the heroine occurs in "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt".

According to the plot, Emgyr instructs the charmer to find Tsiri. But for this she has to meet with the witcher. Trying to find her pupil, Jennifer and Geralt are experiencing a lot of adventures. At the end of the game, they team up with Ciri and fight the Wild Hunt. After the victory, the player can choose different options for developing relations between Geralt and Jennifer from Wengerberg. "The Witcher 3" (game) can end as follows: the characters either stay together or part.

Jennifer from Wengerberg - actress Grazyna Wolszczak

In the television series "The Witcher" and in the film of the same name, the role of the sorceress was played by Polish actress Grazhyna Vol'shchak.

She was born in Gdansk in 1958. At first the girl dreamed of becoming a psychologist, but on the advice of her friend went to Warsaw to study acting skills.

In 1982 Grazina debuted in the production of "Opera for 3 pennies" in the role of Betty. Well-proven, she began to play often in performances. Among her works in the theater are the roles of Irina in the "Three Sisters" of Chekhov and Leni in the "Process" of Kafka.

In the movie, Wolszczak debuted in 1986 in the Masquerade.

During her long career, this actress starred in television series, led various TV shows and even wrote a book "How to be always young, beautiful and rich."

As for her private life, Grazina married at age 29 for actor Marek Sikora. From this union the son Philip was born. Unfortunately, Grazhyna and Marek lived together only 10 years, since in 1996 the spouse of the actress died.

In 2002, Wolszczak began to meet with the famous Polish screenwriter Cesari Harasimovich.

Interesting facts

• Ian always used perfume with a scent of gooseberries and lilacs.
• Jennifer and Geralt took the fifth place among the fans most loved by couples, according to the magazine "The World of Fantasy and Fantasy".
• Like the witcher, the charmer was not very faithful. When the lovers once again parted, she often made novels.
• After the release of the game "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt", in which the important character played the character Jennifer from Wengerberg, the cosplay of the heroine became very popular among the girls.
• The Russian group ESSE from Rostov-on-Don composed a rock opera "The Road Without Refund" based on Sapkowski's novels. Later she was filmed. The role of Ian in it was performed by Lyudmila Dymkova.
• Actress Wolszak is 13 years older than Michal Zhebrowski, despite this, the "Witcher" difference in age was not noticeable.
• During the filming of the television series, some fans of the Sapkowski saga organized a collection of signatures against the execution of the main roles in "The Witcher" Grazyna Wolszczak and Michal Zhebrowski. Under the e-petition signed 650 people, but this did not affect the process of filming.

Initially, the saga of Geralt was popular only in Poland. With the advent of the eponymous television series and video games, the witcher, Jennifer and Cyrie became iconic characters for many in the CIS and beyond. Some fans of the saga would prefer to see the sorceress Triss in place of the favorite witch, which was taken into account when creating the "Witcher 3", in which there is a love line with this sorceress. However, fans of the Geralt-Jennifer tandem have nothing to fear: despite the "production" novels of the witcher, his heart is still owned by a purple-eyed witch from Wengerberg.